Seeds of Love by Tammy Andresen

Author:Tammy Andresen
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

6

The carriage ride from the docks was the most painful Regina had ever experienced. Obediah looked as though he might cry. Occasionally she could hear him muttering, “Brought my cousin… Dedicating my life… Isn’t that enough...”

Regina kept her eyes on her lap but she was bursting inside to tell him that it wasn’t enough. That she would have most likely married him had he shown her even an ounce of kindness. She felt as though she could barely keep the words from tumbling out of her mouth. Regina breathed a sigh of relief when the carriage ride was over.

The family moved into the house and her father ushered Obediah towards his office. The door clicked closed behind them. All four ladies moved to the music room where they could hear the door open again.

In less than five minutes the door flew open, banging into the frame. Not three seconds had passed before Obediah came skidding into the room.

His eyes bulged as he stared at Regina, “You! You have ruined my life.”

The dam inside of Regina broke open. The one she had carefully built to hold back her feeling so that she could make the people around her happy. “By not allowing you to ruin mine and my sister’s? I don’t care what you say. I will never believe you would have been good for us. I would have died a slow death married to you.” Her voice rose with each word and his eyes were big as tea saucers by the time she was done.

“You are right. Our marriage would have been a disaster. I could never have been married to you.” He spit the words.

“That is just fine with me.” She stomped her foot then crossed her arms. She was acting a bit like Abigail but she couldn’t care. It felt so good to vent her frustration.

“That is enough Regina,” her father spoke from the doorway. “Obediah, I hope we will continue to have a good working relationship.”

“If you want us to continue to have a relationship then why—”

Her father’s voice boomed from the doorway. “I will not tolerate cruelness towards my daughter.” Her father stopped speaking. He took a deep breath. “Now if you will excuse us, my family and I have some things to discuss.” Her father’s voice held a finality that few men could argue with.

Obediah gave them all a final glare before he stomped towards the door.

Her father walked into the room and threw himself into a chair. “Are you thinking of marrying him, Clarissa?”

“He didn’t even say goodbye or look at me for that matter. He only cared about Regina.” Her sister sniffed. “No, I have no intention of marrying him.”

“Thank goodness.” Her father sighed.

Her mother cleared her throat. Her father glanced up at her and a small smile touched his lips. “Go ahead, dear. Tell me that you were right all along.”

“I wouldn’t dream of it.” Her mother’s smile was soft. “But now we must discuss Regina’s future. At nearly twenty, she must marry soon.

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